How the G20 Can Advance Sustainable and Digital Investment

The authors argue that the G20 can embrace a positive agenda to address the collapse of investment following the coronavirus pandemic, drive digital transformation and help achieve sustainable development goals. Specifically, they recommend to: establish a G20 Investment Facility and Fund to facilitate private-public collaboration and provide resources for technical assistance; endorse a Sustainable Investment Framework to advance such collaboration, through aligning and coordinating efforts; adopt specific investment measures to support sustainable development, prioritizing linkages between foreign and domestic firms; facilitate investment in the digital economy to accelerate productive transformation and build resilience to future shocks; and develop industry-based coalitions as a mechanism to operationalize these efforts.